Familial aggregation of Parkinson's disease in a Finnish population

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 107-109

  Autere, Jaana M ^a,b   Moilanen, Jukka S ^a   Myllylä, Vilho V ^a   Majamaa, Kari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Genetic epidemiology; Movement disorder; Segregation ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SIBLING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 0034049691     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.69.1.107     Document Type: Article

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